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Old June 11, 2014   #34
noinwi
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Back in Wisconsin, the JB's preferred my basil to my beans. Every year they were all over the basil, which was about 15' away from my trellised beans. I usually took a bucket of soapy water out and flicked them into it. We were at a lake's edge, so any grubs I found while digging got tossed into the lake for the blue gills. They also loved the rhubarb which I wasn't too concerned with as it was usually later in the season past the stalk harvest. I did eventually buy some milky spore, but then we decided to move and I never got to use it. I gave it to our neighbor who was going to take over my garden area. They pretty much left my maters and peppers alone. They easily get hung up in nylon tulle, so maybe you could use that over some of your plants. We were in an apartment building next to a vacant wooded lot so there was not much I could on a large scale.
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